Niger

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1 English
2 Czech
- 2.1 Proper noun
3 Finnish
- 3.1 Proper noun
  - 3.1.1 Declension
  - 3.1.2 Derived terms
4 French
- 4.1 Pronunciation
- 4.2 Proper noun
  - 4.2.1 Derived terms
5 German
- 5.1 Proper noun
  - 5.1.1 Derived terms
6 Italian
- 6.1 Proper noun
  - 6.1.1 Derived terms
- 6.2 Anagrams
7 Latin
8 Norwegian
- 8.1 Proper noun
  - 8.1.1 Related terms
9 Polish
- 9.1 Pronunciation
- 9.2 Proper noun
  - 9.2.1 Declension
  - 9.2.2 Derived terms
10 Serbo-Croatian
- 10.1 Pronunciation
- 10.2 Proper noun
  - 10.2.1 Declension
11 Swedish
- 11.1 Proper noun

[edit] English

Wikipedia has an article on:

Niger

Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

Frequently misidentified as derived from the Latin niger (“black”), Niger is derived from a series of mistranslations and geographic misplacements by Greek, Roman and Arab geographers, likely originally from Ptolomey's descriptions of the valley Gir (a wadi in modern Algeria), and the "Lower Gir" (or "Ni-Gir") to the south. In one local Berber language, "gher" means "watercourse", and thus may have been derived from Berber tales of large river south of the Sahara desert.^[1]

[edit] Pronunciation

River

(RP) IPA: /ˈnaɪdʒə/, SAMPA: /"naIdZ@/
(US) enPR: nījər, IPA: /ˈnaɪdʒɚ/, SAMPA: /"naIdZ@r/

Country

(RP) IPA: /ˈnaɪ.dʒə(ɹ)/, /niːˈʒɛə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /"naIdZ@(r)/, /ni:"ZE@(r)/
Rhymes: -ɛə(r)
(US) enPR: nījər, IPA: /ˈnaɪdʒɚ/, /niːˈʒɛɹ/, SAMPA: /"naIdZ@r/, /ni:"ZEr/
Audio (US)

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[edit] Usage notes

The second pronunciations for the country name follow the French pronunciation, French being the official language of Niger. ^[2]^[3]

[edit] Proper noun

Niger

A country in Western Africa situated to the north of Nigeria. Official name: Republic of Niger.
A river in Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria.

[edit] Translations

country

Arabic: النيجر (ar) (al-nijir) m.
Armenian: Նիգեր (hy) (Niger)
Bengali: নাইজার (bn)
Bosnian: Niger (bs) m.
Breton: Niger (br)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 尼日爾 (cmn), 尼日尔 (cmn) (Nírìěr)
Croatian: Niger (hr) m.
Czech: Niger (cs) m.
Danish: Niger (da)
Dutch: Niger (nl)
Esperanto: Niĝero (eo), Niĝerlando (eo)
Faroese: Niger (fo)
Finnish: Niger (fi)
French: Niger (fr) m.
German: Niger (de)
Greek: Νίγηρας (el) (Nígiras) n.
Hindi: नाइजर (hi) (Nāijar)
Hungarian: Niger (hu)
Icelandic: Níger (is) n.
Interlingua: Niger (ia)
Irish: An Nígir (ga) f., Poblacht na Nígire (ga) f.
Italian: Niger (it) m.

Japanese: ニジェール (ja) (Nijēru)
Kalenjin: Naija
Kamba: Naija
Kikuyu: Naija
Korean: 니제르 (ko) (Nijereu)
Latgalian: Nigereja f.
Latvian: Nigēra (lv) f.
Luhya: Naija
Luo: Naija
Macedonian: Нигер (mk) (Níger) m.
Meru: Naija
Norwegian: Niger (no)
Persian: نیجر (fa) (Nijer)
Polish: Niger (pl)
Portuguese: Níger (pt)
Romanian: Niger (ro) n.
Russian: Нигер (ru) (Nigér) m.
Spanish: Níger (es)
Swahili: Nijeri (sw)
Swedish: Niger (sv)
Thai: ไนเจอร์ (th)
Turkish: Nijer (tr)

river

Croatian: Niger (hr) m.
Esperanto: Niĝero (eo)
Greek: Νίγηρας (el) (Nígiras) n.
Icelandic: Nígerfljót (is) n.
Igbo: Òrìmili

Japanese: ニジェール川 (Nijēru-gawa)
Macedonian: Нигер (mk) (Níger) m.
Slovak: Niger (sk) m.
Swedish: Niger (sv)
Turkish: Nijer (tr)

[edit] Related terms

Nigerien

[edit] See also

Appendix:Countries of the world

[edit] References

^ C. K. Meek, The Niger and the Classics: The History of a Name. The Journal of African History. Vol. 1, No. 1 (1960), pp. 1-17
^ How Do You Pronounce "Niger"? by Avi Zenilman, July 16, 2003, Slate.com
^ So What Is This Place? by Nicholas D. Kristof, October 11, 2005, New York Times

[edit] Anagrams

reign
renig

[edit] Czech

[edit] Proper noun

Niger m.

Niger (country)
Niger (river)

[edit] Finnish

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:

Niger

Wikipedia ^fi

[edit] Proper noun

Niger

Niger (country)

[edit] Declension

Declension of Niger (type risti)

	singular	plural
nominative	Niger	–
genitive	Nigerin	–
partitive	Nigeriä	–
accusative	Niger Nigerin	–
inessive	Nigerissä	–
elative	Nigeristä	–
illative	Nigeriin	–
adessive	Nigerillä	–
ablative	Nigeriltä	–
allative	Nigerille	–
essive	Nigerinä	–
translative	Nigeriksi	–
instructive	–	–
abessive	Nigerittä	–
comitative	–	–

[edit] Derived terms

nigeriläinen

[edit] French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

Niger

Wikipedia ^fr

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: [niʒɛʁ]

[edit] Proper noun

Niger m.

Niger (country)

[edit] Derived terms

Nigerien

[edit] German

German Wikipedia has an article on:

Niger

Wikipedia ^de

[edit] Proper noun

Niger m. and n.

Niger (country)
Niger (river)

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Niger

Wikipedia ^it

[edit] Proper noun

Niger m.

Niger (country)
Niger (river)

[edit] Derived terms

nigerino

[edit] Anagrams

negri
regni

[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From niger (“black, dark”).

[edit] Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA: /ˈni.ɡer/

[edit] Proper noun

Niger (genitive Nigrī); m, second declension

A Roman agnomen, or "nickname"
- (Marcus Valerius Messalla Niger, Aquilius Niger)[1]

[edit] Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	Niger	Nigrī
genitive	Nigrī	Nigrōrum
dative	Nigrō	Nigrīs
accusative	Nigrum	Nigrōs
ablative	Nigrō	Nigrīs
vocative	Niger ¹	Nigrī

¹ May also be Nigre.

[edit] Proper noun

Latin Wikipedia has an article on:

Niger (flumen)

Wikipedia ^la

Latin Wikipedia has an article on:

Niger

Wikipedia ^la

Niger (genitive Nigris); m, third declension

the river Niger in Africa [2]
the country Niger

[edit] Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	Niger	Nigrēs
genitive	Nigris	Nigrum
dative	Nigrī	Nigribus
accusative	Nigrem	Nigrēs
ablative	Nigre	Nigribus
vocative	Niger	Nigrēs

[edit] Alternative forms

(river): Nigris

[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Proper noun

Niger

Niger (country)

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[edit] Polish

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈɲiɡɛr/

[edit] Proper noun

Niger m.

Niger (country)
Niger (river)

[edit] Declension

	Singular only
Nominative	Niger
Genitive	Nigru
Dative	Nigrowi
Accusative	Niger
Instrumental	Nigrem
Locative	Nigrze
Vocative	Nigrze

[edit] Derived terms

(#1) Nigerczyk m., Nigerka f.
adjective: nigerski

[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /nîɡer/
Hyphenation: Ni‧ger

[edit] Proper noun

Nȉger m. (Cyrillic spelling Ни̏гер)

Niger (country, river)

[edit] Declension

declension of Niger

	singular
nominative	Niger
genitive	Nigera
dative	Nigeru
accusative	Niger
vocative	Nigere
locative	Nigeru
instrumental	Nigerom

[edit] Swedish

[edit] Proper noun

Niger

Niger (country)

[meek1960-0] C. K. Meek, The Niger and the Classics: The History of a Name. The Journal of African History. Vol. 1, No. 1 (1960), pp. 1-17

[1] How Do You Pronounce "Niger"? by Avi Zenilman, July 16, 2003, Slate.com

[2] So What Is This Place? by Nicholas D. Kristof, October 11, 2005, New York Times

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Niger

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